The Strategist Quiz (#523)

The Strategist Quiz, August 03, 2017

1. Connect a British food manufacturing and restaurant chain founded in the 1880s, former PM Margaret Thatcher working as a chemist prior to becoming a barrister and helping develop methods for preserving ice cream and the first business computer

2. Which company seems to be growing fairly well by adopting its Mode 1-2-3 strategy?

3. A “__” is a highly probable, high impact yet neglected threat: kin to both the elephant in the room and the improbable black swan. Fill in the blank and also mention who are being referred to as __ in China.

4. Which company’s CEO calls his conference room an “aquarium” because it is made of glass walls?

5. The French Ebauches was founded in 1965 by the merger of the four most important French producers of watch movements and components. What role did it play in India in the mid-1980s?

6. This person is the only member of this business family to have contested the Lok Sabha elections in 1971 from the South Bombay constituency. One of his opponents was George Fernandes. Name him.

7. __ is a genus of stingless bees, one of the 40 known species in the warm areas of South America. It provided Mexico with a 300-year-long monopoly on production of __, from its discovery by Europeans till a scientist in the 1830s found a method for artificial pollination. It gets its name from the Latin word vagina. Name the bee and the commodity.

8. This company creates fibers based on proteins found in nature, then develops cleaner, closed-loop manufacturing protocol with green chemistry practices. Its cutting-edge tech creates silk using yeast for vegan-friendly textile. Stella McCartney is a partner. Name it.

9. In 2012 this brand had the 50th anniversary of the __ and was awarded the Guinness world record for largest tyre manufacturer per annum.

10. Name and link the two companies. Company No. 1, recently in the news, was the first in the US and company No. 2 was the first in the world.

Compiled by Gaurav Sri Krishna, www.facebook.com/gaurav.s.krishna

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